He said: “I think we can thank Leicester City for raising our profile with their amazing Premier League win and of course we were fortunate to find the bones of a certain king under a certain car park.

“But what is clear to see is that while a few years ago nobody deemed Leicester an attraction people are now coming for business as well as pleasure and they want to stay.

“We are seeing hotel developments that are regenerating long-redundant parts of the city centre.

“Some of the proposals might not happen but the interest in Leicester is clear."

So where are all these new hotel rooms springing up? We’ve rounded up the plans in the pipeline.

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The planned five storey hotel next to the Welford Road ground

The rugby club has long had its eyes on the wedge shaped car park next to its Welford Road ground.

Designs have been drawn up, ripped up, and redone meaning it’s hard to keep track of the various proposals.

The package would see the council lease the property - known as Haymarket House – for 125 years.

The council would then sublease the property to Travelodge for an initial 25 years at £200,000 a year, pay for improvements to Haymarket car park and install two new lifts that would serve the new hotel, car park and recently re-opened Haymarket Theatre.

City mayor Sir Peter Soulsby is the council’s investment will bring good returns but expect this to feature on a few opposition leaflets in the run up to May’s mayoral election.